⁹ For I am ^(A)the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because ^(B)I persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰ But ^(C)by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, ^(D)yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

⁷ And he preached, saying, ^(A)“There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.